Rational agents is a required assumption for any decision theory
No? CDT definition makes no references to agents, nor rational agents. It sees the world, and itself, and makes no distinction of dumb matter and agents.
No? CDT definition makes no references to agents, nor rational agents. It sees the world, and itself, and makes no distinction of dumb matter and agents.
What do you think decision theories are? The entire point of a decision theory is to describe what decisions rational agents aught to make. If there is no agent to make a decision, there is no decision theory. You can see page 5 of the book i previously linked for a decent definition of decision theory. Or the section on decision theory beginning on page 351.
No? CDT definition makes no references to agents, nor rational agents. It sees the world, and itself, and makes no distinction of dumb matter and agents.
What do you think decision theories are? The entire point of a decision theory is to describe what decisions rational agents aught to make. If there is no agent to make a decision, there is no decision theory. You can see page 5 of the book i previously linked for a decent definition of decision theory. Or the section on decision theory beginning on page 351.